How does the AI recognize food?

Our AI uses advanced computer vision trained on millions of food images. It can identify individual ingredients, portion sizes, and even complex dishes from restaurants worldwide.

Absolutely. Your food photos are processed securely and never shared. We use end-to-end encryption and comply with GDPR and CCPA regulations.

How accurate is the calorie tracking?

Our AI achieves 98% accuracy on standard meals, verified by certified nutritionists. For complex or unusual dishes, accuracy is still above 90%.

Can I use it for specific diets?

Yes! Caloria supports keto, vegan, paleo, Mediterranean, and many other dietary patterns. You can set custom macro targets to match any diet plan.

What's included in Premium?

Premium gives you unlimited meal scans, detailed macro tracking, personalized insights, weekly nutrition reports, priority AI processing, and data export capabilities.

Which devices are supported?

Caloria is available on iOS (iPhone and iPad). Android support is coming soon. Your data syncs seamlessly across all your Apple devices.

What should I log in a food diary?

Log everything you eat and drink, including cooking oils, condiments, sauces, and beverages. Include the amount (in grams or cups), the preparation method (raw, cooked, fried), and the specific brand or type where possible. Context notes like where you ate and how hungry you were can also reveal useful patterns over time.

How often should I log meals to lose weight?

Research shows that logging at least 5 days per week is strongly associated with sustained weight loss. A systematic review found that 12 of 18 studies showed a significant positive relationship between monitoring adherence and weight loss outcomes. Daily logging is ideal, but consistent imperfect tracking beats perfect occasional tracking.

What is the best way to log restaurant meals?

Use your app's restaurant database as a starting point, then adjust the portion size based on what was actually served. For meals not in the database, find the closest match and add 10–15% to account for extra oil and larger restaurant portions. Building a personal library of saved restaurant estimates makes future logging faster.

Does meal logging help with weight loss?

Yes — consistently. A large Kaiser Permanente study of nearly 1,700 participants found that people who logged daily lost twice as much weight as those who kept no records. A 2022 systematic review confirmed that more frequent self-monitoring was associated with greater weight loss across most behavioral weight loss interventions.

What are the most common meal logging mistakes?

The most common mistakes are delayed logging (relying on memory hours later), omitting cooking oils and condiments, forgetting beverages, using generic database entries for home-cooked meals, and logging weekdays only. Each of these errors can silently misrepresent daily intake by 200–500 calories.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What should I log in a food diary?: Log everything you eat and drink, including cooking oils, condiments, sauces, and beverages. Include the amount (in grams or cups), the preparation method (raw, cooked, fried), and the specific brand or type where possible. Context notes like where you ate and how hungry you were can also reveal useful patterns over time.
How often should I log meals to lose weight?: Research shows that logging at least 5 days per week is strongly associated with sustained weight loss. A systematic review found that 12 of 18 studies showed a significant positive relationship between monitoring adherence and weight loss outcomes. Daily logging is ideal, but consistent imperfect tracking beats perfect occasional tracking.
What is the best way to log restaurant meals?: Use your app's restaurant database as a starting point, then adjust the portion size based on what was actually served. For meals not in the database, find the closest match and add 10–15% to account for extra oil and larger restaurant portions. Building a personal library of saved restaurant estimates makes future logging faster.
Does meal logging help with weight loss?: Yes — consistently. A large Kaiser Permanente study of nearly 1,700 participants found that people who logged daily lost twice as much weight as those who kept no records. A 2022 systematic review confirmed that more frequent self-monitoring was associated with greater weight loss across most behavioral weight loss interventions.
What are the most common meal logging mistakes?: The most common mistakes are delayed logging (relying on memory hours later), omitting cooking oils and condiments, forgetting beverages, using generic database entries for home-cooked meals, and logging weekdays only. Each of these errors can silently misrepresent daily intake by 200–500 calories.